Midway through the second, I got that injury and I had to adjust and overcome.” When we stood back up, I was wobbly and that’s why I had to change the game plan and look for the takedown. He caught my leg in an awkward position and bridge and rolled, and my whole knee just popped out midway through the second round. “But in the second round, I caught a kick and tried to pass his half-guard. “I wanted to put him away,” McGregor said. McGregor said his first takedown in the second round led to a knee injury that forced the other takedowns the rest of the way. But he picked up 30-27 scores from two judges and a 30-26 from the third. But soon after, McGregor put Holloway on his back again for the rest of the fight.Īfter nine straight stoppage wins, and finishes in all of his previous victories, McGregor finally had to go the distance in a fight. Holloway got back to his feet with a minute left and landed a head kick that grazed McGregor. Moments later, though, McGregor got back to mount, where he boxed the ears, then landed some punches when Holloway tried to scramble. McGregor briefly got to mount, but Holloway rolled out. He quickly passed to side control with more than four minutes to work in the round. McGregor put Holloway on his back quickly in the third round and went to work out of the Hawaiian’s guard. Holloway kicked around three minutes into the round, and McGregor caught the leg and took the fight to the ground, and that would be a key strategy the rest of the way. Holloway tried his best to counter-punch, but he never had McGregor in any kind of trouble. That pace wasn’t as high in the second round, but that didn’t mean McGregor was any less in control of things in the standup game. But McGregor made it clear early he would be setting the pace. When Holloway tried to land, McGregor several times held his hands out as if to ask, “Is that all you’ve got?” Holloway stayed in the pocket as best he could when not backing up, and even nearly landed a spinning wheel kick. Holloway tried to create distance with jabs, but McGregor was much quicker to the punch – and the kicks. Another left hand came right behind it, then a 1-2 with the right and left, and more unpredictable kicks. Holloway tried to return fire with kicks of his own, but then ate a left hand and a kick to the body. McGregor landed leg kicks early, then a leaping kick just missed. It aired on FOX Sports 1 following additional prelims on Facebook and ahead of a main card on FOX Sports 1. The featherweight bout took place today at UFC Fight Night 26 at Boston’s TD Garden. McGregor then rolled to a dominant unanimous decision win over Max Holloway. The Irishman got the full-on lights-out walkout treatment, despite being in just his second UFC fight, and having a spot on the preliminary card. BOSTON – Conor McGregor had more than a little pressure on him, and he lived up to the hype again.
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